diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index cb72281e8..9ae7e08cf 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -19,4 +19,4 @@ npm-debug.log
 dist
 index.js
 index.d.ts
-/sample
\ No newline at end of file
+/sample
diff --git a/lib/constants.ts b/lib/constants.ts
index 6c513dffc..ea7715477 100644
--- a/lib/constants.ts
+++ b/lib/constants.ts
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ export const DECORATORS = {
   API_MODEL_PROPERTIES_ARRAY: `${DECORATORS_PREFIX}/apiModelPropertiesArray`,
   API_SECURITY: `${DECORATORS_PREFIX}/apiSecurity`,
   API_EXCLUDE_ENDPOINT: `${DECORATORS_PREFIX}/apiExcludeEndpoint`,
+  API_INCLUDE_ENDPOINT: `${DECORATORS_PREFIX}/apiIncludeEndpoint`,
   API_EXCLUDE_CONTROLLER: `${DECORATORS_PREFIX}/apiExcludeController`,
   API_EXTRA_MODELS: `${DECORATORS_PREFIX}/apiExtraModels`,
   API_EXTENSION: `${DECORATORS_PREFIX}/apiExtension`,
diff --git a/lib/decorators/api-include-endpoint.decorator.ts b/lib/decorators/api-include-endpoint.decorator.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e82d3cde6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/decorators/api-include-endpoint.decorator.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+import { DECORATORS } from '../constants';
+import { createMethodDecorator } from './helpers';
+
+/**
+ * @publicApi
+ */
+export function ApiIncludeEndpoint(disable = true): MethodDecorator {
+  return createMethodDecorator(DECORATORS.API_INCLUDE_ENDPOINT, {
+    disable
+  });
+}
diff --git a/lib/decorators/index.ts b/lib/decorators/index.ts
index e62f1fe34..15c7630d7 100644
--- a/lib/decorators/index.ts
+++ b/lib/decorators/index.ts
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ export * from './api-consumes.decorator';
 export * from './api-cookie.decorator';
 export * from './api-default-getter.decorator';
 export * from './api-exclude-endpoint.decorator';
+export * from './api-include-endpoint.decorator';
 export * from './api-exclude-controller.decorator';
 export * from './api-extra-models.decorator';
 export * from './api-header.decorator';
diff --git a/lib/explorers/api-include-endpoint.explorer.ts b/lib/explorers/api-include-endpoint.explorer.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3443983da
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/explorers/api-include-endpoint.explorer.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+import { Type } from '@nestjs/common';
+import { DECORATORS } from '../constants';
+
+export const exploreApiIncludeEndpointMetadata = (
+  instance: object,
+  prototype: Type<unknown>,
+  method: object
+) => Reflect.getMetadata(DECORATORS.API_INCLUDE_ENDPOINT, method);
diff --git a/lib/extra/swagger-shim.ts b/lib/extra/swagger-shim.ts
index c32062826..f07150314 100644
--- a/lib/extra/swagger-shim.ts
+++ b/lib/extra/swagger-shim.ts
@@ -25,6 +25,9 @@ export function ApiCookieAuth() {
 export function ApiExcludeEndpoint() {
   return () => {};
 }
+export function ApiIncludeEndpoint() {
+  return () => {};
+}
 export function ApiExcludeController() {
   return () => {};
 }
diff --git a/lib/interfaces/swagger-document-options.interface.ts b/lib/interfaces/swagger-document-options.interface.ts
index 3bd0db189..b782252fd 100644
--- a/lib/interfaces/swagger-document-options.interface.ts
+++ b/lib/interfaces/swagger-document-options.interface.ts
@@ -56,4 +56,10 @@ export interface SwaggerDocumentOptions {
    * @default true
    */
   autoTagControllers?: boolean;
+
+  /**
+   * If `true`, swagger will only include routes that are decorated with the `@ApiIncludeEndpoint()` decorator
+   * @default false
+   */
+  onlyIncludeDecoratedEndpoints?: boolean;
 }
diff --git a/lib/swagger-explorer.ts b/lib/swagger-explorer.ts
index 81c261a24..8e0de6913 100644
--- a/lib/swagger-explorer.ts
+++ b/lib/swagger-explorer.ts
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ import { DECORATORS } from './constants';
 import { exploreApiCallbacksMetadata } from './explorers/api-callbacks.explorer';
 import { exploreApiExcludeControllerMetadata } from './explorers/api-exclude-controller.explorer';
 import { exploreApiExcludeEndpointMetadata } from './explorers/api-exclude-endpoint.explorer';
+import { exploreApiIncludeEndpointMetadata } from './explorers/api-include-endpoint.explorer';
 import {
   exploreApiExtraModelsMetadata,
   exploreGlobalApiExtraModelsMetadata
@@ -113,6 +114,7 @@ export class SwaggerExplorer {
         fieldKey: string
       ) => string;
       autoTagControllers?: boolean;
+      onlyIncludeDecoratedEndpoints?: boolean;
     }
   ) {
     const { operationIdFactory, linkNameFactory } = options;
@@ -167,6 +169,7 @@ export class SwaggerExplorer {
       modulePath?: string;
       globalPrefix?: string;
       autoTagControllers?: boolean;
+      onlyIncludeDecoratedEndpoints?: boolean;
     }
   ): DenormalizedDoc[] {
     // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-this-alias
@@ -187,6 +190,14 @@ export class SwaggerExplorer {
       DenormalizedDoc[]
     >(instance, prototype, (name) => {
       const targetCallback = prototype[name];
+      const includeEndpoint = exploreApiIncludeEndpointMetadata(
+        instance,
+        prototype,
+        targetCallback
+      );
+      if (options.onlyIncludeDecoratedEndpoints && !includeEndpoint) {
+        return;
+      }
       const excludeEndpoint = exploreApiExcludeEndpointMetadata(
         instance,
         prototype,
diff --git a/lib/swagger-scanner.ts b/lib/swagger-scanner.ts
index 168204c9d..c14241dd8 100644
--- a/lib/swagger-scanner.ts
+++ b/lib/swagger-scanner.ts
@@ -41,7 +41,8 @@ export class SwaggerScanner {
       ignoreGlobalPrefix = false,
       operationIdFactory,
       linkNameFactory,
-      autoTagControllers = true
+      autoTagControllers = true,
+      onlyIncludeDecoratedEndpoints = false
     } = options;
 
     const untypedApp = app as any;
@@ -80,7 +81,8 @@ export class SwaggerScanner {
                   globalPrefix,
                   operationIdFactory,
                   linkNameFactory,
-                  autoTagControllers
+                  autoTagControllers,
+                  onlyIncludeDecoratedEndpoints
                 })
               );
             });
@@ -92,7 +94,8 @@ export class SwaggerScanner {
             globalPrefix,
             operationIdFactory,
             linkNameFactory,
-            autoTagControllers
+            autoTagControllers,
+            onlyIncludeDecoratedEndpoints
           })
         );
       }
@@ -122,6 +125,7 @@ export class SwaggerScanner {
         fieldKey: string
       ) => string;
       autoTagControllers?: boolean;
+      onlyIncludeDecoratedEndpoints?: boolean;
     }
   ): ModuleRoute[] {
     const denormalizedArray = [...controller.values()].map((ctrl) =>